Suit-box



E. BAKER.

SUIT BOX.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 9. 1918.

Patented 001. 21,1919.

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- STATES PATENT oF I I I nnwnsan Benin, or omenm To all whom it mayconcern: I

Be it known that I, EDWARD BAKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Oneonta, in the State of New York, have invented new anduseful Im rovements in Suit-Boxes, of which the ollow-ing is a Ispecification.

invention relates to a suit box formed of paper or paste-board and desied for articles of clothing, the box being, owever,

adapted for other purposes.

One of the objects is to provide a box in which the cover and the boxproper are each formed of blanks of the same size and configuration, asdistinguished-from boxes in which the cover is formed from. a blanksomewhat larger than the blank used in the construction ofthe boxproper.

A lfurther object is to provide a blank,

the end portions of which are formed in such manner that a main centraltongue is pro- ,vided with edge portions extending at. an incline withreference to theextreme edge of the blank,- thereby permitting a givendegree of movement between-the 1916111811138 of the cover when the dgeportions or flaps are folded into position and permitting theconstructionof a coverrfrom the same size of blank as that used for thebox.

In the drawings, 7

Figure 1 is a view of the blank from which the box is made, the sameblank being employed for the top.

'Fig. 2 shows a folded corner section,

perspective.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a are shown at 19 and 20.

a blank, the main portion of which is desig- Patented Oct. 21, 1919. IApplication filed December 9, 1918. Serial No. 205,979. 7

nated 10, the end flaps being shown respectively at 12 and 13 and beingseparated from the main portion of the blank by scored lines 15 and 16.The side flaps are designated 17 and 18 and the scored portions thereofEach end portion is cut away so that the edge 22 is at an incline with.reference to the extreme edge of ends 23. Each end portion is providedwith slits 24 extending at an angle as shown and adapted to be engagedby the tongues 26 of the flaps 17 and 18, these tongues being providedwith rounded ends 27 and with hooked portions 28, the latter positivelyengaging the edges of the slits 24 when the flaps are folded intoposition for forming the box proper or the cover therefor.;

portion 22 permits of a given degree of movement between interlockeden'd flaps and side flaps, for the purpose indicated.

mg cut away at an incline allowing relative movement between adjacentside and end flaps when the latterare interlocked and permitting thecover to fit over the box.

. 7 'It .will be understood that. the inclined 5 ment, the side edges ofthe end flapsbe- In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

EDWARD BAKEIL-

